Cookie Policy
Last updated August 28, 2026
Cookies are small files a site stores in your browser. This page explains which ones thebackyardvault.com uses and how to control them. It sits alongside our Privacy Policy.
Categories we use
Strictly necessary
These make the site function and cannot be switched off from here. They include the cookies WooCommerce sets to remember what is in your cart and to keep you signed in through checkout and downloads, the session cookie WordPress sets if you log in, and cookies used by our caching layer to serve the correct version of a page.
Functional
These remember preferences so the site behaves sensibly on your next visit, such as dismissing a notice. Losing them is an inconvenience, not a breakage.
Affiliate tracking
We work with affiliate networks, currently including Impact, so that a retailer can tell that a purchase came from a link on this site and pay us the commission described in our Affiliate Disclosure. These set a cookie recording that you followed one of our links and when. They are used to attribute a sale, not to profile you, and they cost you nothing.
Analytics and conversion measurement
These help us understand which pages, calculators and products are actually useful, and whether a link or campaign worked. We use them in aggregate. We are not building an advertising profile of you.
Third parties
Some cookies are set by the services we rely on rather than by us directly, including our ecommerce platform, our payment processor at checkout, and our email platform when you follow a link from one of our emails. Embedded content from another site, such as a video, can set its own cookies under that provider’s policy.
How to control cookies
- Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies in its settings, and offers a private browsing mode.
- Blocking strictly necessary cookies will break the cart, checkout and downloads.
- Most browsers support a Global Privacy Control signal, which we honour where it applies.
Changes
As we add tools to the site this list will change. The date above tells you when it was last reviewed. Questions: mikekoltas@gmail.com.